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It is agreed, I suppose, that there is no compulsion in the region of the arts. I mean, that you cannot take hold of a man and drag him in front of a Turner or a Claude and force him, by irresistible argument, to confess that this picture and that are admirable masterpieces which he cannot help gazing on with delight. He may listen to you—if you keep a strong grip on his buttonhole—but when you have done, he may well say: "Very likely; but I don't care for those pictures, and it bores me to look at them." And you have nothing more to say. You know you were right, but you can't prove it. The matter is outside the world of scientific proof.